12/14/15

I recently hosted a baby shower for a co-worker and his wife, they are expecting their first child December 20. What fun!! They are having a little boy; their colors are teal and grey. We ordered some custom sugar cookies, DELICIOUS, in onesies and baby carriages (see below); we gathered for appetizers and drinks at one of their favorite Mexican restaurants and just had a great time.

This is the card I made for them. The "Hello" sentiment and die are from Papertrey Ink (Phrase Play #3 - I use this die soooo much); the paper is, AGAIN, Concord and 9th's Happy Hues for the focal piece. I die cut the hello, arrow and center piece (which says little one) multiple times from Smokey Shadow card stock and layered it altogether for some fun dimension.

I coated the arrow in glossy accents and sponged the bottom portion of the hello in MFT's Sno Cone ink for added interest.

12/9/15

Our youngest daughter had a dear friend/classmate with a birthday last week; we baked her banana bread - her favorite and I created this card for her (she loves purple...did I do okay ya think?)!!

I used the PTI Enclosed: Present mini stamp set and die again, this time sponging in purple inks. I added the bow (without the tails), cut from both white card stock and sponged as well as craft foam for some dimension. Tied on a tag and added a double bow; base paper is PTI's Confetti Toss. Quick and easy!

Our daughter said her friend was completely surprised and so appreciative of the treat, we'll label that a SUCCESS!

12/6/15

I had a bit of time to craft today and loved the sketch at Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge (SSSC298 - layout below) so I set about making a Christmas card. Christmas is JUST AROUND THE CORNER - eeekkk...so not ready.

This card came together quickly - and I didn't even panic when my wink of stella pen decided to poop on my tag! HA! I made the best of it and created random wink of stella circles - see them in that close up photo? YES - happy, happy!

The focal point is Memory Box's Distress Tag; I sponged a ton of ink on it - Old Paper, Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy and Pumice Stone; stamped the image in Memento Rich Cocoa. To add a bit more interested, I sponged on Fired Brick using the Dots and Lines stencil by Simon Says Stamp; I wanted to add some sparkle to the #'s which was great...till I saw the big ole blob by the 5; like I said, what's a girl to do? Embellish with more blobs and I like them!

The Cupcake Inspiration today was snowflakes so I thought they were the perfect touch for the base layer, added some DP from a couple different packs of My Mind's Eye, added a big ole button and a double-loop bow of hemp cord.